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  1. Comment on These travel influencers don’t want freebies. They’re AI. in ~travel

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    Warren Buffett

    William Buffett

    Warren Buffett

    4 votes

  2. Comment on How Europe is gearing up to follow Australia's teen social media ban in ~tech

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    Huh. 4Chan or TruthSocial are OK?

    Huh.

    4Chan or TruthSocial are OK?

    3 votes

  3. Comment on Matthew Perry, Jennifer Aniston and a gaggle of stereotypes introduce Windows 95 features in this time capsule video in ~tech

  4. Comment on Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of November 17 in ~society

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    Republicans want the Supreme Court to save them from their own inept mistake Ahhhhh. The old, classic, slow walk/fast track. Slow walk the cases that lose you votes until you can say "it's too...

    Republicans want the Supreme Court to save them from their own inept mistake

    The idea that courts are forbidden from hearing challenges to a state’s election laws a year or more before an election takes place may seem so absurd that no judge would take this argument seriously. But this Supreme Court has given serious consideration to similar arguments in the past.

    Ahhhhh. The old, classic, slow walk/fast track.

    Slow walk the cases that lose you votes until you can say "it's too soon to the election" and fast track the cases that will win you votes. As seen in Bush v. Gore and USA v. Trump et al.

    3 votes

  5. Comment on Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of December 1 in ~society

  6. Comment on Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of November 24 in ~society

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    Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens Sounds like zero exceptions are now being made for anyone who wants to marry into a green card? You have to leave as soon as...

    Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens

    Green-card applicants’ temporary visas often lapse while their “adjustment-of-status” proceeds over several months or longer.

    An immigration statute passed by Congress in 1986 allows a spouse who entered the country lawfully to be eligible for a green card through marriage even if the person’s visa has expired.

    While federal law does not prohibit spouses with expired visas from being detained and placed in deportation proceedings, in the past they have rarely been detained while applying for green cards.

    Sounds like zero exceptions are now being made for anyone who wants to marry into a green card? You have to leave as soon as your visitors visa expires and apply for the green card from the consulate office of your home country?

    After Mr. Paul learned from his wife that the authorities were threatening to deport her without a hearing, he said, their lawyer filed a lawsuit in federal court in San Diego to halt her removal and secure her release.

    In response, the government approved Ms. Paul’s green card on Tuesday and freed her.

    Except for those privileged enough to have money to hire a lawyer? In which case the government focuses on easier to win cases?

    7 votes

  7. Comment on MIYAGI: The First Karate Kid | What if...? trailer concept in ~movies

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    I know it feels like a personal attack when someone complains about the title being misleading. I know it feels like a personal criticism when someone else edits the title. But this isn't about...

    I know it feels like a personal attack when someone complains about the title being misleading.

    I know it feels like a personal criticism when someone else edits the title.

    But this isn't about anything you did wrong.

    It's about me. I read the title, formed a wrong conclusion, and got overly excited.

    CFabbro edited the title to avoid others also accidentally forming the wrong conclusion.

    Your original comment called this out, which is great.

    Usually the community rule is to follow the title of the original post.

    Sometimes the community decides the original post is using a misleading title.

    A24 or A25 or whatever they are usually use "Teaser trailer concept" not "Official trailer concept."

    They are the ones who created a misleading title and they should not be rewarded by having that title copied word for word on this forum IMHO.

    15 votes

  8. Comment on MIYAGI: The First Karate Kid | What if...? trailer concept in ~movies

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    cool, ab fab, bro!

    cool, ab fab, bro!

    1 vote

  9. Comment on MIYAGI: The First Karate Kid | What if...? trailer concept in ~movies

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    Title is misleading. I know the youtube link uses the title "Official trailer concept", but this is anything but.

    Title is misleading.

    I know the youtube link uses the title "Official trailer concept", but this is anything but.

    4 votes

  10. Comment on A new era of intelligence with Gemini 3 in ~tech

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    The very real concern is that this bubble will impact everyone when it pops.

    The very real concern is that this bubble will impact everyone when it pops.

    2 votes

  11. Comment on A new era of intelligence with Gemini 3 in ~tech

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    People lost their retirements, and were laid off at the same time. The statistics don't do it justice. The bay area traffic went from terrible to amazing over the span of three years, because of...

    Was the end of the dot-com bubble catastrophic?

    People lost their retirements, and were laid off at the same time. The statistics don't do it justice.

    The bay area traffic went from terrible to amazing over the span of three years, because of the rolling rounds of mass layoffs.

    My old boss was laid off, so I got a new one. Whenever I had a meeting with my new boss, I would cheerfully ask him if it was good news and was I laid off? He would agree that would be good news if I was laid off, but sadly I was not. He was ultimately let go. After he was let go, I was surprised to find that all my coworkers detested the man.

    31 votes

  12. Comment on Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of November 17 in ~society

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    Last week: US justice department sues California over new voting maps favouring Democrats Huh. I wonder if there are any other states that have made a "brazen" power grab using racially...

    Last week: US justice department sues California over new voting maps favouring Democrats

    Attorney General Pam Bondi accused California Governor Gavin Newsom of a "brazen" power grab using racially gerrymandered maps.

    Huh. I wonder if there are any other states that have made a "brazen" power grab using racially gerrymandered maps....?

    This week: US court blocks Texas from using newly redrawn voting maps

    "The public perception of this case is that it's about politics," US Judge Jeffrey Brown, a Trump appointee, wrote in the decision.

    "To be sure, politics played a role in drawing the 2025 Map. But it was much more than just politics. Substantial evidence shows that Texas racially gerrymandered the 2025 Map."

    What, oh what, is the Supreme Court to do? Blatantly reverse California as racist gerrymandering but remand Texas as ok because the Texas map is clearly only partisan not racist?

    7 votes

  13. Comment on Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of November 10 in ~society

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    It didn't used to work that way. With this chaos monkey in charge, I am no longer sure how anything works anymore.

    I don’t think it works that way

    It didn't used to work that way.

    With this chaos monkey in charge, I am no longer sure how anything works anymore.

    1 vote

  14. Comment on Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of November 10 in ~society

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  18. Comment on Experiences with united healthcare in ~health

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    I have United PPO. Decades ago they used to be excellent. In the last 5-10 years they have been more aggressive about denying expensive diagnostic tests.

    I have United PPO.

    Decades ago they used to be excellent. In the last 5-10 years they have been more aggressive about denying expensive diagnostic tests.

    2 votes

  19. Comment on Tilderinos in ~talk

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    I am slowly coming around to @cfabbro's Tildoes...

    I am slowly coming around to @cfabbro's Tildoes...

    24 votes

  20. Comment on Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of November 3 in ~society

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    It would make sense of Pizza Gate. Throwing accusations of pedophilia at Hillary in case incriminating Epstein files or Russian videos were released.

    It would make sense of Pizza Gate. Throwing accusations of pedophilia at Hillary in case incriminating Epstein files or Russian videos were released.

    3 votes